I'm torn over this point, I agree there's way too many affixes and they make everything confusing, but having all builds go with Vuln/Crit is pretty boring.
I wish they grouped all the +% damage affixes in a couple more generic ones, and made them more impactful, to the point you'd have some freedom in deciding stats for your build without being overwhelmed by the amount of fodder affixes.
People can turn away from supporting a war pretty quickly when it suddently reaches your doorstep.